Re: plastic plant labels

From: Stacy Holtzman <sholtzma at sunflower.bio.indiana.edu> on 1999.03.31 at 19:08:23(3200) I have used the >zinc metal markers but the metal legs rust plus the special paint I used >that was >suppose to last didn't. I tried engraving the metal markers but that is >hard to >read. Also it is very cumbersome and time consuming. Markers in pencil has not >lasted outdoors either. Judy, what we are doing this spring, that you might be able to do if you find a local trophy shop, is to get a special laser to "burn" the names onto the metal. This is the latest technology for engraving, and is really great! It is just a big laser, with software that treats it just like a printer. We know a person at a trophy shop that is going to burn copper tags that we will then hang on little copper stakes, that should last forever. The only thing is, I don't know how much it would cost to get a trophy shop to do it. Stacy +More Stacy Holtzman Howard Hughes Medical Institute Bloomington, Indiana Z5b

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